August 2008 has been synonymous with three separate releases of DirectX for a variety of Windows operating systems. The DirectX refreshes are tailored to Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Server 2008 RTM/SP1, but also to Windows Server 2003.
Microsoft made available for download updated versions of the DirectX Software [...]
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Pertengahan tahun depan, Mercedes Benz memperkenalkan teknologi inovatif terkininya. Pabrikan mobil asal Jerman itu menamakan temuan mereka, “Attention Assist” (AS). Perangkat ini bertugas memberitahu pengemudi bahwa fisiknya sudah lelah dan perlu istirahat. Jadi secara otomatis akan memperingatkan pengemudi untuk segera rehat.
Diciptakannya AS, menurut para ahli yang merupakan nara sumber Mercedes-Benz, kecelakaan serius yang terjadi di [...]
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Following eight months of testing, Google’s Wikipedia competitor, Knol, was finally opened to the public today. The concept is quite similar to that used by Wikipedia, whereby users can share knowledge in a wiki format, but with a twist that emphasizes authorship and control over an article’s content.
Each article – otherwise known as knol – [...]
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Most of you might not know this, but 3-D glasses have actually been around ever since the 1920s, reaching their peak of popularity throughout the 1950s. They are still in use even today, although not as much as they used to be. 3-D glasses rely on a technique known as stereoscopic imaging, in which 2-dimensional [...]
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Many feel that their hands are tied behind their back when they want to login to their e-mail accounts, but they don’t have access to the Internet. Things are about to change, thanks to a Yahoo! technology that was announced today. Zimbra, for now available in Beta version, allows users access to Yahoo! Mail, Gmail [...]
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Search engines are continuously fighting for supremacy and in order to return the most accurate results to queries, the newest technologies must be exploited in full swing. Yahoo!, whose approach of semantic search was rather cautious, explains why this method does have some technical limitations.
“The current generation of search engines is severely limited in its [...]
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ScienceDaily — Chemists in Japan report development of the world’s first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and other high-tech advances, they say.
In the new study, Masahiko Inouye and colleagues point out that scientists have tried for years to develop artificial [...]
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Even though Microsoft is yet to officially breathe a single word on the matter, the virtualization capabilities of Windows 7 will also evolve in comparison to what is offered with Windows Vista today. Vista was the Redmond giant’s first client for which virtualization was introduced into the End User License Agreement, and Windows 7 will [...]
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Flash sites are very popular in the advertising and marketing world, but although you end up with a great looking site, you also end up with an “unsearchable” one. Search engines such as Google or Yahoo are unable to crawl flash sites, making it practically invisible to the rest of the world. Adobe has recently [...]
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From rumor to rumor, the Eee PC 904 is finally getting some official treatment. As some of you already know, these last days a number of pictures have surfaced the web, displaying ASUS’ new Eee PC member.
And if that wasn’t enough, today we brought news about the Eee Monitor, ASUS’ step towards the all-in-one computer [...]
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Kepopuleran Asus Eee PC di dunia notebook masih terus bertahan. Khususnya dengan adanya kejutan-kejutan yang terus dihadirkan oleh Asus sejak kehadiran Asus Eee PC 900 yang cukup mengguncang, dan saat ini ketika kosumen masih menanti-nantikan kehadiran Asus Eee PC 901 dan 1000/1000H, Eee Box, serta Eee Stick, terbersit kabar bahwa akan hadir pula Asus Eee [...]
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In what appears to be their first attempt at invading people’s living rooms, Google has introduced its latest Windows app: Google Media Server. This tool works alongside Google Desktop to locate media files on your computer and on the web (most notably YouTube), making them available across a standard home network to UPnP compatible devices [...]
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Sebelum meluncurkan satelit GLAST, para astronom Eropa menggunakan observatorium sinar-X milik Badan Antariksa Eropa (ESA), XMM-Newton. Mereka berupaya memahami penyebab ledakan luar biasa itu dari sinar-X yang keluar selama 1-2 hari setelah ledakan awal.
Mereka menyelidiki bahaya dan pengaruh ledakan sinar gama tersebut terhadap manusia atau antariksa di sekitarnya. Beberapa tahun lalu, sejumlah astronom berpikir ledakan [...]
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Apa yang biasa Anda lakukan setelah menekan tombol Power pada komputer? Menunggu beberapa menit saat sistem operasi diaktifkan bukan? Ini tidak perlu terjadi jika motherboard komputer Anda sudah mengemaskan fitur Express Gate. Sekitar lima detik setelah komputer Anda booting, Anda sudah bisa browsing ke Internet. Tidak perlu menunggu sistem operasi aktif terlebih dulu.
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